Extending the conversation: Qualitative research as dialogic collaborative process

Source Publication (e.g., journal title)

The Qualitative Report

Authors

Trena M. Paulus, University of Tennessee KnoxvilleFollow
Marianne Woodside, University of Tennessee - KnoxvilleFollow
Mary Ziegler, University of Tennessee - KnoxvilleFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 2008

Abstract

Collaborative research is often refers to collaboration among the researcher and the participants. Few studies investigate the collaborative process among researchers themselves. Assumptions about the qualitative research process, particularly ways to establish rigor and transparency, are pervasive. Our experience conducting three collaborative empirical research studies challenged and transformed our assumptions about qualitative research: (a) research planning taught as concrete and linear rather than as emergent and iterative, (b) data analysis conceptualized as individual discovery rather than collaboratively-constructed meaning, and (c) findings represented as individual product rather than as part of an ongoing conversation. We address each assumption, including how our collaborative research diverged from the assumption and how this divergence has impacted our own practice.

Recommended Citation

Paulus, Trena M.; Woodside, Marianne; and Ziegler, Mary, "Extending the conversation: Qualitative research as dialogic collaborative process" (2008). Educational Psychology & Counseling Publications and Other Works.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_educpubs/4